The Waterboys

Last night I saw the Waterboys in concert in Toronto. Awesome show!
I wasn't really aware of them until last year, but have since been immersed in their first four LPs, particularly This Is The Sea and Fisherman's Blues. Highly recommended rock-pop, great lyrics, with an amazing fiddler in tow lending their sound a distinct Celtic flair.
Anyways, their Wikipedia page lists none other than Eddie Vedder as a fan. I can see the influence for sure: Waterboys, like PJ, deal in big, anthemic and earnest song writing. Leading me to ask:
Are any of you fellow Ten Clubbers fans of the Waterboys? Has PJ ever covered the Waterboys, or acknowledged them in interviews, liner notes, etc? There's no citation for the Wikipedia claim that Vedder is a fan, so I'm calling out to you lot for any light you can shed on the PJ-Waterboys nexus. Cheers!
I wasn't really aware of them until last year, but have since been immersed in their first four LPs, particularly This Is The Sea and Fisherman's Blues. Highly recommended rock-pop, great lyrics, with an amazing fiddler in tow lending their sound a distinct Celtic flair.
Anyways, their Wikipedia page lists none other than Eddie Vedder as a fan. I can see the influence for sure: Waterboys, like PJ, deal in big, anthemic and earnest song writing. Leading me to ask:
Are any of you fellow Ten Clubbers fans of the Waterboys? Has PJ ever covered the Waterboys, or acknowledged them in interviews, liner notes, etc? There's no citation for the Wikipedia claim that Vedder is a fan, so I'm calling out to you lot for any light you can shed on the PJ-Waterboys nexus. Cheers!
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"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Know anything about the Scottish-Seattle connection I asked about?
Yes, here's another fan of The Waterboys.
As for your question regarding the PJ-Waterboys connection, I found the following after doing a quick Google search. It's from a review of PJ's official bootleg from Glasgow 2000:
www.allmusic.com/album/live-03-6-00-se- ... 0000099346
I don't know what EV said exactly, but more info can be found on a recording of that show.